Common Birds in Cyprus
Our list for Cyprus has 96 common birds recorded regularly there: 34 residents, 23 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made